Metal

Greetings,Decibel readers! This is truly an eclectic day for new releases, as we’ve got standbys like death-doom and death-thrash here alongside some New York Hardcore and classic 1970s revivalism. Perhaps you like one of these styles. Maybe you like all of them! And, well, if you like none of them, why’d you click this article?

Rochester iconoclastsSulacoare quite possibly one of the best kept secrets in underground metal. Fronted by fret wizard Erik Burke (ex-Brutal Truth,Nuclear Assault,Lethargyand many more), this quintet has been busy obliterating genre lines for over 20 years. We’resoenamored by their technical wizardry that the Decibel Flexi Series is proud to present “Curtains,” an exclusive track only

Atlanta blackened death/thrash unit Malefic share the new video for “Blood of the Throne,” the opening track from their latest album Impermanence, released this past February via Terminus Hate City. Check it out below. The video marks a bold visual departure for the band, one that drummer/vocalist Aaron Baumoel calls “another form of artistic expression,

Photo by Tom Birch Chicago doomgaze quartet REZN are on the eve of releasing their sixth full-length,Cycles in the Infinite Dream, a sprawling, psychedelic opus filled with melody, melancholy and a dreamy, doom-soaked atmosphere. We gave the veteran band—Rob McWilliams (guitar/vocals), Spencer Ouellette (synths/saxophone/lap steel guitar), Phil Cangelosi (bass), Patrick Dunn (drums—who’ve been together for

Happy hump day, suckers! Smokey Goretooth is back again with a new “Do I Suck?,” MetalSucks’ version of “Am I The Asshole?” where we take real life horror stories and bring them to our readers to decide if the OP sucks for some bullshit they may or may not have done. This week’s submission comes

Garry Brents is one of the busiest people in heavy music, writing, recording and issuing a few dozen releases since the Covid pandemic began (and plenty more before that). Brents’ latest ripper comes from Sallow Moth, a progressive death metal duo from Dallas. Their new album, Hydrophilous Brood, is out later this week and it’s

Alright, I’ve completely given up hope that MetalSucks is going to assign me a good goddamn album to review. They’re just going to keep pitching yesterday’s partially digested release in my direction, and these reviews are going to get angrier and angrier as a result. You know what? Good. Fucking good. I’d be lying if

Photo by Vanessa Valadez Chicago progressive instrumental metal trio Coyote Manshowcase a broad musical palette on their upcoming second full-length,Prosthetic Memories, but on new single, “Zealotry,” they abandon subtlety for sheer force. This is a four-minute-plus roiling bulldozer of a track that uses melody sparingly and mostly just rides a couple of relentless circular riffs.

“SYSTEM OF A DOWN’s DARON MALAKIAN Leads Entire Stadium in OASIS Diss.” Maybe it’s the rise of veganism, or the fact that nowadays ordering red meat from nearly anywhere can give you explosive diarrhoea, but it’s been too long since the music industry has had a good BEEF! Enter System of a Down, comparing Oasis

There’s almost no point in even writing an introduction for this one –regardless of what is written, prog fans will already have a four-paragraph rebuttal ready and waiting before I’ve even sent this to my editor. Because somehow, prog fans always know. They just do. Hence, why this introduction feels pointless. Prog-heads already either know

Greetings,Decibel readers! This week brings a variety of heavy music, with two particularly horrifying releases from long-running experimental acts. But there’s also some classic revival albums as well and some catchy melodeath if you just want some riffs! — Coffin Hunters – Cosmic Dawn The California-based classic heavy metal outfit has returned with its third

Local shows always suck because they want to pay you in drink tickets and exposure while you waste several billable hours at the venue waiting to drill through your 25-minute set. You know the story. Load-in is at 3:00 p.m. You get screamed at by management for showing up five minutes late because there’s nowhere

Today we are premiering the monstrous, 14-minute track “Ichor” from Altarage. The song is from their forthcoming album, Cogwheel,out July 31 via Sentient Ruin and Doomentia. “Wound discharge reveals the divine fluid,” the band say about the single. “Ichor of benevolence and corruption leaking from the beast that marched with a decaying stride. The conscious

Strap in for an epic journey with the premier of the nearly 14-minute new track (we hesitate to call it a “single”), “Paired Sentinels,” from Chicago post-punk doomsters Anatomy of a Habit. The lengthy piece is the title track—and one of four songs—on the veteran quintet’s fifth long-player. These gentlemen—Alex Latus (guitar), Isidro Reyes (metal

Eaten by Sharks Canadian extreme metal crew Eaten By Sharks go deep on new full-length The Undertow of Hate, a crushing, composition-focused plunge into nautical horror, psychological collapse and total oceanic ruin. If 2022’s Eradication established the band’s appetite for progressive death metal precision, deathcore violence and groove-heavy punishment, The Undertow of Hate expands the

Rise and shine, suckers! Smokey Goretooth is back again with a new “Do I Suck?,” MetalSucks’ version of “Am I The Asshole?” where we take real life horror stories and bring them to our readers to decide if the OP sucks for some bullshit they may or may not have done. This week, we have

Photo: Gene Smirnov After nearly a decade of traversing the underground metal scene in the United States and Europe, Philadelphia metal act Witching are poised to enter a new era of the band. Following the departure of founding guitarist and main songwriter Nate Zagrimanis, Witching welcomed new guitarist Andre Pickens. Pickens, who lives in Georgia,

Where they from? Arizona. We are at the MLB All-Star break, which means it’s officially the slowest sports week of the year. Even the World Cup doesn’t have any games until Wednesday. All this means I have to dive deep introspectively and find a personality outside of sports, which for those who like to disassociate

OK, I just got back from the MetalSucks office, and some words were exchanged regarding my displeasure over the albums they’ve been having me cover as of late. Things got a little heated, and I’ll fully admit that some of the language I employed was a bit crass. I normally don’t lose my head like

pic: Tim Hubbard Decibel is extremely saddened to announce the death of drummer/vocalist Mike Browning, who passed away on July 13, 2026, at the age of 62. A legend of the Florida extreme metal scene, Browning was a co-founder of Morbid Angel with Trey Azgathoth in early ’80s (as well as pre-Morbid Angel acts Ice